~~~Born to a well endowed family upon the tropical coast of Luna Ahra, Mirielle Ariakas grew up proud of and enjoying her Amazonian lineage. Even at a young age, her intelligence was only surpassed by her beauty, which quite flattered both aspects of the girl. She was raised in somewhat of a courtly manner and brought up to be quite proper, but the Amazonian wild streak in her oftentimes found trouble for her. In spite of her very sexually alluring beauty, Miri had grown into a pure woman, innocent on most levels. She had the weapons of her beauty, her body, and her wit to get her places, and when the time came for her to choose, once again her wild streak flared anew and she chose her beauty and body.
~~~By the time she was 19 she was a famous dancer at an exotic dance club in the east of Luna M'aia, and her name spread far and wide. On weekends the club would hold a night dedicated just to her, and men from all over would flock to see her dance show. One man, one night, had a particular interest in her, and sought out her company after the show. Mesmerized not only by her physical allure, but her striking mentality as well, the man--Dominic Cirah--asked her out on a date. What began as a good friendship soon blossomed into a serious relationship, and marriage was at hand.
~~~Wanting to leave her exposed life behind, the two packed up and moved from Luna M'aia to another tropical coastal city 300 miles away, Palaea. There Mirielle's ways changed, and she became more modest and less wild--a sweet young woman with many dreams for the future. But it seemed Fate had other plans. A month after her 22nd birthday, Dominic died of unknown causes. Anguished and alone, Mirielle locked herself in her home..but she was not alone, for Death was with her, and Death needed a human body...
~~~Now, several years later, Mirielle has awoken upon a bed she could only assume was her own, her last memory being exchanged words between her and a ghost most people knew as the Grim Reaper. It had been forced upon her to allow Death to use her body, and apparently Death had used it for what it needed, for now Mirielle's soul was back in her own body, and she was established in life. Miri later found out that she was located in the neighboring city of Attone, and left with one mysterious thought that entered her mind every day: Beware of sapphires in the shadows; beware of gods in the darkness.

~~~But that was not all she was left with: deep down inside there was the unmistakable, insatiable need to take life.. A taint left by the being that had ruled over her for so long.. It was like the Beast that lurked within the darkest corners of the kindred kind, and it stalked, hungered, and waited for the right moment. . .